Desert Victory
1943
6.3 (11)
1 hr 0 min
English
The most terrifying scenes ever taken under fire!
A featureless land fit only for war, as the narrator, J. L. Hodson stated in the early scenes: "If war was to be fought then let it begin here". In endless miles of rock-strewn scrub desert, where civilians hardly existed. Desert Victory tells the story of the Allied campaign to drive Germany and Italy from North Africa is analysed, with the major portion of the film examining the battles at El Alamein, including some re-enactment. Won "Best Documentary Feature" at the 16th Academy Awards in 1944.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- The Army Film & Photographic Unit, Royal Air Force Film Production Unit, British Army Film Unit, Army Film Unit
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Top Cast
Harold Alexander as Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill as Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)
Bernard L. Montgomery as Self (archive footage)
Erwin Rommel as Self (archive footage)
Claude Auchinleck as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Brooke as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Cunningham as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Top Crew
David MacDonald · Director
Roy Boulting · Director
J.L. Hodson · Writer
Richard Best · Editor
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